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The most enduring symbol of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor is the battleship Arizona (BB-39), where 1,177 U.S. Navy men lost their lives. Details of her final moments and exactly how the Japanese sank her have now come to the surface....

For most, the USO is forever caught in the images of celebrities such as Bob Hope and Marilyn Monroe entertaining the troops in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. But this organization still is active today, boosting the morale of U.S....

More than 250 manned submersibles have been built worldwide since the late 1950s. They have ranged from the U.S. Navy's Bathyscaph Trieste of 1958 to modern 48-passenger tourist submarines, which have carried more than 6,000,000 people...

More than 6,300 military health care beneficiaries in Colorado Springs, Colorado, learned in September that their primary care provider, Physicians Network, decided to withdraw from TRICARE Prime, just six months after the military managed-care...

Named for Lieutenant Paul Riley, a naval aviator who died during the Battle of Midway, the USS Riley (DE-579) was a Rudderow-classdestroyer built by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts. She was commissioned on...

After more than five years as Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, I have attended many meetings in the Pentagon. One early in my tour still stands out. We gathered to discuss a proposal to modify our published core values to achieve one set...

. . . to maintain its position as a great world and sea power—this Parchim-II class corvette is seen during the Russian Navy's 300th anniversary celebration-and to preserve its prospects for development as a...